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SCOTUS is probably going to invent some 3-part test to determine whether a particular alleged crime was an official act as President. But it would strain credulity even for them to say that falsifying business records to conceal hush money payoffs was part of the office of the Presidency.

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that won't necessarily stop them, since nothing can actually stop them

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Ryan Humphrey's avatar Ryan Humphrey @ryanhumphrey.bsky.social
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Do they care about plausibility? If they did it, what would the unavoidable consequences be for them, and by what mechanism? If a ridiculous ruling is all that’s standing between them and a chance at permanent authoritarian rule, they won’t hesitate a second

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